So begins my account of a four-year journey in 1996-2000 in which I discovered the power of storytelling.

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What I did notice was behind where my house was, was another big building which I discovered was a hotel.

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But it turns out that Phoenix, New York, which I discovered when I was looking for my home town data, publishes a lovely summary of its budget data, so I will use it as an example that helps make my point.

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Created from the DMF is the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) which is available, as I discovered, free online from several genealogy websites.

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"Then, to my surprise, I discovered world music, which at first seemed very peculiar to me, " he said.

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That process requires a very different kind of thought process and one which I developed as a child when I discovered puzzle boxes in Chinatown in San Francisco.

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There were a few surprises in store for me, though, not the least of which was that I learned that the fear and shame of being known or discovered to be a transsexual person was probably responsible for a tremendous amount of suffering.

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Ultimatley I discovered that if I knew the exact date and time of my purchase as well as which register the original transaction was made on, they could look it up.

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After Dad was gone, I discovered that as an only child I inherited his house in this valley of South Carolina, in which I now lived, and all his earthly belongings, including our beloved dog, Murphy.

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